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Why is US sending 3,000 Navy, Marines force to Persian Gulf?

The Pentagon has not yet specified the Marines' role in deterring Iran from interfering with commercial shipping and threatening neighboring Arab states.

Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left.
In this handout photo provided by the US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left, the Royal Navy air defense destroyer HMS Defender (D 36) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) transit the Strait of Hormuz on Nov. 19, 2019. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the US 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations. — Zachary Pearson- U.S. Navy via Getty Images

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